Here’s the trailer for the upcoming 11th Series of the relaunched Doctor Who which will introduce Jodie Whittaker as The Doctor. The series premiere will be October 7th, and here’s hoping the overuse of pop music was just for the trailer and not indicative of more changes to the series.
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It’s almost impossible not to compare Next Gen to Big Hero 6 with a story about a troubled young protagonist finding friendship with a big and bulky, but obviously still cute, robot who helps the kid work through emotional baggage and save the day from an evil super-genius. Focusing on the emotional volatility of a troubled girl, there’s also a splash of Inside Out angst thrown in for good measure. If you own Big Hero 6 I’d suggest watching that instead, but, if you are looking for something new, Next Gen will help you pass the time.
The film from co-directors and writers Kevin R. Adams and Joe Ksander takes place in the technologically advanced near future where every family, and apparently lots of children, have their own personal robot. There are all sorts of logistical issues with dangerous household robots that would immeadiately lead to an insane amount of damage and lawsuits (including torturing and beating small children, no Law of Robotics here!). The film instead chooses to ignore such logic gaps (like any government oversight, I guess the Libertarians run the future?) and lead with its heart as much as possible.
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“No. We’re much better than that. We’re two people that love each other. Always have been.”
The aptly-titled season finale of Elementary deals with the FBI’s growing case against Joan Watson (Lucy Liu) for the murder of Michael (Desmond Harrington). With Special Agent Mallick (Parminder Nagra) targeting Watson as the prime suspect given the growing evidence, Holmes (Jonny Lee Miller) will take steps to protect his partner at all costs (including destroying evidence and confessing to a crime he didn’t commit). The tease of Mallick as a suspect proves to be a nice use of misdirection before the reveal of the true killer, which only puts Holmes in a deeper bind given Watson’s refusal to allow Hannah (Liza J. Bennett) and her father (Aidan Quinn) to face the repercussions of the crime.
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It’s a new week so it must be time to talk about comics! Welcome back to the RazorFine Comic Rack boys and girls. Pull up a bean bag and take a seat at feet of the master as we offer you this quick list of all kinds of comic book goodness set to hit comic shops and bookstores this month from all your favorite publishers including DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, Archie, Dynamite, IDW, Image Comics, and others.
This week includes Batman, Coda, Coyotes, Fathom, Harley Quinn, Immortal Hulk, John Wick, Star Wars, Stellar, Usagi Yojimbo: The Hidden, The Wild Storm, the first issues of Batman: Damned, Burnouts, Dick Tracy: Dead or Alive, G.I. JOE: A Real American Hero – Silent Option, Go Go Power Rangers: Back To School, Impossible Inc, Infinity Wars: Soldier Supreme, Olivia Twist, Over the Garden Wall: Hollow Town, The Return of Wolverine, and the final issues of Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Twelve, Ether: The Copper Golems, Lando: Double or Nothing, and Mata Hari.
Enjoy issue #232
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John McTiernan‘s Predator is a sci-fi action flick that holds up three decades later. Unfortunately, you can’t say the same for its sequels. Writer/director Shane Black is the latest to try his hand at breathing some new life into the franchise. Set in present day, The Predator acknowledges the previous films and offers more than a handful of callbacks (including someone actually yelling to “Get to the chopper!”).
I think expectations are going to play a large role in audience reaction to the film. On one-hand it does work as a throwaway B-movie. On the other the film misses the mark with a convoluted script and an underwhelming ending. Despite enjoying Black’s work, I expected very little from the movie and ended up having an okay time (while I freely admit that the elements here could have been put to far better use).
The first Predator arrives on Earth causing havoc. The second, uber-Predator (and his Predator dogs), follows later. I won’t give away the relationship between the pair, or why they are on Earth, but it is far more complicated than simply hunting for sport (making a pretty large deviation from other Predator films).
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